Type-writer.



No. 845,229. PATENTED FEB. 26, 1901.

- N. GRAHAM.

TYPE WRITER.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV.17,1906.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR I like nature or position;) and UNI ED sTArns PAEENT oFFroE.

NEILL RAY GRAI-IAMfOF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TYPE-WRITER.

Application filed November 17,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEILL BA) GRA HAM, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York city, at 358 West Fifty-eighth street, in

the county of New York and State of New York, have invented an Improvement for Type- Writers, (or machines for type-writing,) the title of which invention is Sub-Super- Scriptor, and of whichinvention the followin is aspecification.

, y invention relates to those typewriters (and machines for type-writing) which-utilize the shift, (and -shift-key,) (by "shift I mean what is ordinarily understood as such in the type-writing terminology;) and the object of my invention is to II. Su erscripts," (by superscripts I mean suc characters as the 2 in (a;y) ,the -n1 in (9c'y) the n m 0c,'the 2 and 4 in H 80 the' in Scientific, American#as when referring to foot-notes, &c.-and any figures, letters, or characters of a similar or III. Any subthat is, any characters down'from,below,.or under the regular or straight line (or alinement) writing; super that is, any characters up from, above, or over the-regular or straight line (or alinement) writing; or any intermediate figures, letters, or characters.

This I accomplish by means of a device which rests upon or which may be connected to or with or joined directly to the shift-bar or shift of the,machine, which device is held in working position byscrews with shoulders or by a screw, (or by a pm or other suitable means of holding in position.) -The device is provided in this particular instancewith 'a notched slot, which slot travels upon the upper screw (or a screw or pin) as a guide. The notched slot allows the device to be moved into and hold a special position, and also to be moved up and down. The device is'arranged so that the upper part is heavier than the lower part or so that it falls against the. upper screw (or pin) asthe shiftis low.- ered. .The special position of the shift had or obtained by the regulation of the notched Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented Feb. 2 ,1907.

1905. Serial No. 287.871.

I slot hasa corresponding effect upon the carriage' (and hence keyboard) of the machine,

andthus permits of the direct writing of the subscripts, superscripts, any characters simi lar to or like those cited." (The position of the notch in the slot and the position of the slot may vary to suit the particular. case where application is desired. The shape of the device may also vary as required, and the device may be connected directly to or with the shift-bar or shift.) This special position of the shift I attain through the mechanism of the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a front view of partof a type-writer with the new device in place as applied, for instance, to a machine in which the carriage-action happens to be up and down. This view shows the device as applied in one instance for the writing of subscripts.

a is the shift, (and shift-key) upon which shift-bar the new device in this instance restsand. works. b shows the new device resting upon the shift-bar (or shift-key bar) and the notched slot at upper end. 0 is a screw provid ed with a shoulder, which screw regulates the travel of the device. (1 is a screw provided with shoulder to keep the device in this particular application from swinging out 'of osition. (Where the device is connected. or JOIIlGd directly to the shift-bar, this screw would not be necessary.)

Fig. 2 is a art section taken on the plane of the broken inc shown in Fig. 1 showing the shift and the new device as attached to the case-casting of the'machine.

Fig. 3 shows the device apart, (as applied. to this particular machine,) together with a holding-screw.

By slightly depressing the shift-key or shift-key bar a the device 1) falls until the screw 0 is in the notch provided in the slot. (The device is then in position for use.) By continuing the depression 01 the shift-key a that is, by making a full shift--the device'is lowered and travels upon the screw 0 to the end of the slot. Then by releasing the shiftkey the device travels back the full length of the slot and the machine is ready for the regular or line writing. and superscripts are not required, the device simply travels up and down the full length of the slot, following the shift and not interfer- 'ing with the regular operation of the shift.

When subscript-s I tion of a shift-key, a locking-plateprovided Witha slot, a notch in one edgeof said slot i The device may also be connected directly to or with the shift, (in which case it might work meehineeframe', substazritielly'es described.

riege-aotion is' different from that shown. 2. .In a type-writing Ina chine, the combination of a shift-key, a locking-plate having a notch,v a positive stop adapted to cooperate with said notch to arrest said shift-key at a predetermined pointinterrnediate its shifting z 5 movement, substentielly'as described. i

H NEILL RAY GRAHAM.

Witnesses EDMUND MCDONALD, J'n,

HARRY LIPPE.

on a pivot or other suitable working piece.) I Ic1eimv p 1. Ina type-Writing machine, the combina- L and adapted to cooperate with e stopon the A 

